The Alexander brothers head to trial this week on sex-trafficking charges. Here's what's at stake.

"Brothers Tal and Oren Alexander - once among the nation's top luxury real estate brokers - along with a third brother, are set to stand trial in Manhattan this week over allegations that the trio operated a long-running sex-trafficking scheme. Jury selection in the federal criminal trial is scheduled to kick off Tuesday in the same 26th-floor courtroom where last year Sean "Diddy" Combs was cleared of the top sex trafficking and racketeering counts against him and convicted of lesser prostitution-related charges. The case against the Alexander brothers marks the Department of Justice's latest high-profile sex-trafficking prosecution to reach trial since the Combs case. In the aftermath of the hip-hop mogul's trial, an attorney for Tal Alexander hailed the Combs verdict as both "refreshing" and "heartening" to Business Insider."

"Tal, Oren, and Oren's twin, Alon Alexander, who was an executive at his family's private security firm, have vehemently denied the sex crimes charges against them, as well as all other allegations. They've been locked up at a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn since their December 2024 arrest in Miami. The FBI began investigating the Alexander brothers after The Real Deal first reported in June of that year that two women had filed civil lawsuits against Oren and Alon Alexander, accusing them of rape. Those lawsuits sparked a wave of additional allegations against the brothers. Attorneys for the three brothers did not respond to requests for comment by Business Insider for this story."

Three brothers—Tal, Oren, and Alon Alexander—will stand trial in Manhattan on federal sex-trafficking charges alleging a long-running scheme. Tal and Oren were once among the nation's top luxury real estate brokers, and Alon served as an executive at the family's private security firm. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the same Manhattan courtroom that handled Sean "Diddy" Combs's recent sex-trafficking-related trial. The FBI opened an investigation after a June report that two women filed civil lawsuits accusing Oren and Alon of rape, which led to additional allegations. The brothers deny the charges and have been jailed since their December 2024 Miami arrest. Defense attorneys assert the government overreached by bringing sex-trafficking charges.

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